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THE CRYSTAL RIVER, DRAINAGE STJDY - _ <br /> August 1978 to May 1979 C <br /> r <br /> um 81989 <br /> Introduction <br /> A water quality investigation of the Crystal River drainaahMON!7OR#."GSEC,10tj <br /> GPA\0 JUNCTION <br /> was undertaken in the summer of 1978. Of primary concern were <br /> the detrimental effects by the Mid-Continent Coal Company (now <br /> Mid-Continent Resources, Inc.) and the Anschultz Coal Company <br /> (now Snowmass Coal Company) to tributaries of the Crystal <br /> River. The secondary purpose was to establish referral data <br /> on this drainage for future monitoring or enforcement and locate <br /> any deleterious situations which would require a more in depth <br /> study. <br /> ;P <br /> Summary and Conclusions <br /> 1 . The Crystal River between the town of Crystal and <br /> Redstone is a clean cold water fishery receiving no point <br /> source discharges. <br /> 2. The Redstone wastewater effluent flow was Si?!"=low or <br /> non-existent that no impX'V'Was recognizable in the Crystal <br /> River. <br /> 3. The entire Crystal River exhibited excellent water <br /> quality except for a few elevated heavy metals concentrations <br /> at stations CR-8 and CR-9. <br /> 4. The Crystal River Fish Hatchery effluent did not pose <br /> a waste loading problem to the Crystal River. <br /> 5. Stations CR-9 and CR-10 had high fecal coliform and <br /> fecal streptococcus counts probably due to cattle grazing. <br />